Student Ink - You Tell Us, We Share!

Have you ever wondered? About what, you may ask? About the language we speak? Isn't it strange that everyone around the world, ourselves included, simply put our trust into the people who taught us the language that we speak, write and even think in? When we were growing up, we blindly believed the information that others may have told us. And when we questioned them, some valid reasons were provided but most often, we were told that we'd understand when we grew older. But, for some unknown reasons, I still question many things in life, simpler ones such as colors, for instance. Why is blue called blue? And green called green? Why is anything named and called the way it is? Thus, in my opinion, our culture has shaped humankind into what we are now. These information had its origins and were passed down for generations till it reached us today. It's very easy to forget our roots when we're so caught up with achieving and completing our daily tasks. It...

Cultures around Africa If you ask me what is the most diverse continent on earth, the answer I would give you is Africa because as how I would view Africa is that the continent itself has many unique and distinctive people, tribes, languages, food and etc. I don’t know about you but it is my lifelong dream to explore the whole continent if I am able to because I feel Africa just has so much offer and many of us are overlooking everything about what this beautiful continent. I also feel that Africa as a whole is so underrated in the aspects of tourism because we can all agree that the media has portrayed this continent in many negative ways, blocking the positive sides of this breathtaking continent. Let me broaden your horizon for as to why more attention should be garnered to this side of the world. Countries like Eritrea in the African continent which is also known as ‘Italy in Africa’ is a country in Africa that was colonized by Italians. The specialty about this country is ...